Latvia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
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The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Latvia
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63
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Latvia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
15.70578045 1960
15.84529237 1961
15.94380891 1962
16.03944128 1963
16.23696662 1964
16.50462094 1965
16.79553523 1966
17.11851489 1967
17.46669702 1968
17.80735205 1969
18.12562575 1970
18.45411051 1971
18.75425014 1972
18.97998229 1973
19.16161591 1974
19.28828769 1975
19.36621218 1976
19.43118345 1977
19.45718978 1978
19.38497763 1979
19.16188901 1980
18.78314723 1981
18.34294182 1982
17.94797632 1983
17.61980277 1984
17.35946 1985
17.25838337 1986
17.34494327 1987
17.55133876 1988
17.84781538 1989
18.18325689 1990
18.58317341 1991
19.08292133 1992
19.57925563 1993
19.97207535 1994
20.33313473 1995
20.77639671 1996
21.25809886 1997
21.67383806 1998
22.06319641 1999
22.52991694 2000
23.0711667 2001
23.67494036 2002
24.33764566 2003
25.01008185 2004
25.6196742 2005
26.16067743 2006
26.61734138 2007
27.00503904 2008
27.3687185 2009
27.67630002 2010
28.06013855 2011
28.5916347 2012
29.24015007 2013
29.97462333 2014
30.65802461 2015
31.31069323 2016
31.97547045 2017
32.56014676 2018
33.23999693 2019
33.99569515 2020
34.44132441 2021
34.92273344 2022
Latvia | Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, old, is the ratio of older dependents--people older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Development relevance: Patterns of development in a country are partly determined by the age composition of its population. Different age groups have different impacts on both the environment and on infrastructure needs. Therefore the age structure of a population is useful for analyzing resource use and formulating future policy and planning goals with regards infrastructure and development. Limitations and exceptions: Because the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used in the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects, interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. For more information, see the original source. Statistical concept and methodology: Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency. Some children and elderly people are part of the labor force, and many working-age people are not. Age structure in the World Bank's population estimates is based on the age structure in United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects. For more information, see the original source.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Latvia
Records
63
Source